Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Commelinids: Poales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum conjugatum
COMMON NAME:
Sour Paspalum
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Keith Bradley kab_p_conjugatum_72450
February Miami-Dade County FL
Spikelets solitary, ovate, light yellow, conspicuously ciliate-fringed, per Manual of the Grasses of the United States.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Paspalum conjugatum
FAMILY
Poaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Grasses of the US (Hitchcock & Chase, 1950)
Paspalum conjugatum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Paspalum conjugatum
4103
Grass, Sedge, or Rush
Perennial
Native south and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in disturbed areas, forest edges, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly basal & low alternate, 2-ranked
FLOWER:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
Inflorescence a panicle of usually 2 racemose branches, rarely a 3rd below
FRUIT:
Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall
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